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  Shrinking with age 9 Jan 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I am enquiring on behalf of my elderly parents (aged 87 and 79) who currently run a 1 owner pristine BMW 320 SE (petrol) with leather, metallic paint and...
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  Fast breed reaction 7 Nov 2009 (Ask HJ)
  My daughter is a single mother with five children ranging from 17 to 3 years old. As her youngest is not yet able to walk, she is entitled to a Motability...
• Bought a "Scrap Car" 23 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  He was given the keys, was also given a hand to push the car out from the garage by the clearance people. I was offered the car because it was just too good to be run in - its no Concourse valuable car, just a car that could be made into something descent - and i purchased it for £200.00. I applied for a log book - which i received, Taxed and Mot'd it and all was fine until a week after doing this i get a knock on the door from "surly" CID.
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  Thames tation 3 Oct 2009 (Ask HJ)
  My friends in Portugal have a 1959 Ford Thames van, engine/chassis number 715531. The van was taken to Portugal from Zimbabwe so it could be of South African...
• Toyota - Servicing my 4WD Toyota Hiace camper 27 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  Once I decided to look around for other garages, I remembered that I know a rather impressive garage here in Bradford which operates mainly as a van and car-hire outfit. They maintain their vehicles themselves, and I have hired some machines from them which have been run up to very high mileages but still run beautifully -- I was particularly impressed with a Mondeo estate that had over 250,000 miles on the clock but still ran beautifully. My thinking is that a garage which maintains its own vehicles up to a high mileage will know what it's doing and work to decent standards, and they have given me some encouraging estimates over the phone.
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  Loyal flush? 25 Jul 2009 (Ask HJ)
  My 40k mile Vauxhall Meriva has just been serviced by the main dealer who, without asking, added some substance to the petrol and engine oil and called...
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  Shoulder to die on 27 Jun 2009 (Ask HJ)
  A number of your readers have been advised over the last couple of years to switch to 16" wheels in order to improve the ride quality over that achieved...
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  Sitting vroom 25 Apr 2009 (Ask HJ)
  We are currently running a 2001/51 Nissan Primera and thinking of downsizing. Purely an armchair exercise so far, but as a result of reading your articles,...
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  Cold medal 14 Mar 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 2003 BMW E39 525dSE auto Touring that appears to have a problem of overcooling. It can take up to 10 miles to reach normal working temperature,...
• Vauxhall Vectra C (2002 - 2008) - Trade Sales 22 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  We've been punting around for a new family car and have settled on a Vectra C as a good value bet. As they are on run out now and have never been tremendoulsy loved there are some real bargains to be had on 9-18 month old models. Yesterday I had a run down to Trade Sales in Slough to look at a 57 Vectra 2.2 Elite Estate Auto.
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  Keep your air on 21 Feb 2009 (Ask HJ)
  Can you please settle a matter that has been the subject of much debate between me and fellow motorists. What is the penalty in power and fuel economy...
• Vauxhall Corsa C (2000 - 2006) - 2001 1.2 cuts out - possible fuel pump problem 9 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  Hi, I have a 2001 corsa with 81,000 miles petrol sxi 1.2 16v. Over the last few months it runs well then started stopping. First time it happened I was driving and the engine just stopped - lucky was not on motorway. It turned over but did not fire up!! AA came out and after an hour he looked at the fuel pump under the rear seat.
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 02 2.0 petrol erratic idle and stalling problems 14 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  The car struggles a bit to pull away and sometimes stalls but once it is moving and reving a bit higher it runs fine, no odd noises or vibration as far as I can see. The problem started immediately after I'd accelerated the car hard from rest and rev'ed it to about 4500 or 5000 in first and second ....next time I came to idle the problem was there.
• Citroen Saxo (1997 - 2003) - 2000 1.6 No power at all, any ideas? 28 May 2008 (Forum)
  It's as if the power is not getting from the battery to the car engine management system (assuming Saxo's have one?). Oh and when the car is running we also have the normal airbag light warning but..... I think that is likely to be the connectors under the seat and not at all to do with this issue. Have asked a Citroen garage for an opinion, all they want is for me to open my cheque book up for them to have a look and run diagnostics.
• Volvo S60 (2000 - 2009) - 2.0T S - 124k FVSH - good buy? 13 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  I know nothing about these cars in terms of what goes wrong with them, what to look for, and what they cost to service and run. Fuel economy. He really doesn't care about this and genuinely doesn't monitor it. What can I expect from it on a gentle motorway run? It's not going to be a diesel Mondeo, but neither does it go (or sound) like one.
• You, experiences, leading or trailing edge? Cars 14 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  So to conclude, All of these experiences have affected my choice of cars and I`m happiest just forward of the `trailing edge`regarding cars, new models and production runs. How about you? regards ;)
• Peugeot 406 Coupe - Fault Code help! 18 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  I really don't want to have to take it back to the pug garage as they charge an arm and a leg!! At the moment the car still runs absolutely fine and I just clear the fault code to put the Engine diagnostic light out for another week or two til it decides to do it again. Anyone giving me a final working solution to this will earn themselves a suitable reward!
• Global Cool ! 1 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  If the answer is is a positive figure then that is the amount of extra carbon produced by buying and running a hybrid, for most people the answer will be a positive figure. I would be interested in you thoughts on this. Regards. _____________________ http://www.global-cool.com/
• MOT Testers and wheel bearing play 29 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  One occasion on my own car I adjusted them a bit tight to get through with no problems and forgot to slacken them later, - and managed to ruin the bearings on the next long run that I did. Surely this creates a situation that is more dangerous than a slack bearing? Now today I've just had my car fail an MOT retest on this same issue. After the original retest I did the same as usual - adjust them just as tight as I can to still be safe, yet the tester is still not satisified has refuesed an MOT and has gone on holiday for the next week - by which time the Tax will have run out!
• Pug 306 HDi Fuel Problems - HELP! 21 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  It was taken to a Peugeot main dealer who diagnosed failed injectors 1 & 3. As a result all 4 were changed as per Pug procedures. The car still would not fuel or run correctly. The fuel pump was changed, as Peugeot said there could be swarf in the fuel system. No Change. I've got the following info from the dignostics machine to see if anyone can help: Diesel Pressure 290 Bar Injector Quantity 14.1 mm3/l Main Injector 1.7 Idle - 6.2 Flat Injector 4 -2.5 Injector 3 +1.9 Injector 2 -5.0 Injector 1 +5.3 The ECU is coming up with the following fault codes: 1404 - PreHeating or PostHeating Control 0201 - Cylinder No 1 injector or circuit - Open circuit or short to Ground/Battery The car is still not running.